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“I’el, you should listen—”

I raise a single finger in the air and the accountant i around before stopping inone last look back at the ain, I’llyou ever do”

André gulps “Yes, sir, Mr Montoya”

And with that, I’rand ballroom parts for uards and the bellboys make way and before any one really knohat hit theht

“That’s not what I was told,” my top advisor, Juan Arias stares coldly out of auzy white drapes up around hiure for a split-second I lean back in othic

“So, you’re saying André lied to me”

Juan shrugs and steps away fro I was told soht have really told André that they were bowing out of our deal because they are scared, but I’ you that’s not what they told me”

“ What a?” I hiss toabout how they’ll feel covered in his thick blood

“Angel, you’reon the edge of ainst the cherrywood “André hardly matters in all of this He’s just a s”

Juan is reasonable as always, butis off, and I can’t seeala out of my mind for soer fish in all of this than Juan is willing to consider “But if the Diaz group is truly afraid of us, then they would probably be too scared to tell us, right?”

Juan shakes his head “They wouldn’t have agreed to our offer in the first place if they were really that scared Sure, there’s been an uptick of necessary violence ever since we shook their hands and signed their docu into e came to them”

“Maybe they didn’t,” I reala What the hell a?

“Angel, everyone knoe do It’s the worst kept secret in the country” Juan lifts hih his slicked-back hair “ But that doesn’t mean we have to live up to all that fire and brimstone Even if the Diaz developers truly aren’t scared of you, of us it’s not a bad idea to nip your public iets too hard to handle—your display at the gala didn’t exactly do us any favors”

I twist inof the gala, I want a list with the name of every person that was in attendance, understand? Soht with me”